Chris Botta had this on Twitter last week and as long as the lockout kept up, it was expected that the Barclays game and the rest of the pre-season would be cancelled. Today it is official, and the discussion of how the Islanders will handle Brooklyn in the wake of the cancellation can continue.

First things first, if you bought tickets to any Islanders pre-season game, please follow this advice from the team on how to get your money back:

We’ll have more on the impact of this as well as Sound Tigers training camp in the coming days. Sound Tigers camp opens tomorrow at IceWorks. On Saturday, the camp will be open to the public and Casey Cizikas and David Ullstrom will be signing autographs.